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Article 2

United Kingdom

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1.

By way of derogation from Article 1, Member States shall authorise imports of the products referred to in point (b)(i),(ii) and (iii) of that Article, which have been obtained from birds hunted before 1 August 2005.

2.

In the veterinary certificates/commercial documents accompanying consignments of the products referred to in Article 1(b)(i),(ii) and (iii), the following words as appropriate to the species shall be included:

‘Fresh meat of wild feathered game/meat product consisting of, or containing meat of wild feathered game/meat preparation consisting of, or containing meat of wild feathered game/raw pet food and unprocessed feed material containing any parts of wild feathered gamef1 obtained from birds hunted before 1 August 2005.’

3.

By way of derogation from Article 1(b)(ii), Member States shall authorise imports of meat products consisting of or containing meat of wild feathered game provided that the meat of such species has undergone at least one of the specific treatments referred to in points B, C or D in Part 4 of Annex II to Decision 2005/432/EC.

4.

The specific treatment applied in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article shall be specified in point 9.1 column B in the veterinary certificate drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Annex III to Decision 2005/432/EC, and the following wording shall be added to that certificate:

‘Meat products treated in accordance with Commission Decision 2006/247/EC’.

5.

The specific treatment applied in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article shall be certified by adding the following wording to the veterinary certificate drawn up in accordance with the model set out Annex IV to Decision 2005/432/EC:

‘Meat products treated in accordance with Commission Decision 2006/247/EC’.

Annotations

Footnotes

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Delete as appropriate.’